Knowing the issues unique to machining plastic components enables designers and engineers to make better choices and develop better devices. Thomas Rohlfs Because plastic is soft by nature, part ...

It’s safe to say most Hackaday readers would love to have a mill at home, or a nice lathe, but such equipment isn’t always practical for the hobbyist. The expense and amount of room they take up is a ...

If you're just getting into hot rodding, terms like align honing, micropolishing, boring, decking, chamfering, power honing and surfacing can be mighty confusing and foreboding, especially if you're ...

Why do designers and mechanical engineers need experience operating a manual mill, or for that matter any machine tool? A similar question might be asked about CNC machinists: Who cares about all that ...

The two basic cutting tool types used in metalworking are the single-point and multi-point designs. Fundamentally, they are similar. By grouping a number of single point tools in a circular holder, ...

SFU Mechatronic Systems Engineering is strongly focused on hands-on skills. Using our MMTC facility, students acquire a deep foundation of practical expertise to add proven real-world knowledge to ...